Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBEis an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing the test series 3-0 ...
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We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.
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Simon is a class player and I feel for him but he has the character to come back from this and we wish him well in his recovery,
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This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,
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Paul is the best player and I am mindful we've had no training time at all since the World Cup. To throw in Ollie Barkley or Alex King with no preparation would be a big call, especially playing away from home.
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I'm delighted that Steve Hansen is picking a very good Wales team. Man for man they are a very strong side and I fully expect that our players will have a very tough test on Saturday.
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It would be good to have Wilkinson there if he's at his best,
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I've announced a strong team with over 300 caps between them,
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We have a huge amount of respect for this team, even more so after they just demolished the All Blacks last week, and that wasn't even a close game.
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Martin and I spoke earlier this month about his decision. I made it clear during the Rugby World Cup that I would have liked him to captain England in our defense of the Grand Slam, but I fully support his decision.
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I was going nuts. We kept putting ourselves in trouble, making error after error. But who cares what I thought? We have won the World Cup.
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We made errors, we made mistakes and we've got to fix it very, very quickly and I think this sends the right message to the whole squad.
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We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,
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If we're brutally honest, this is the game we look forward to most, ... a little more spice following our meeting in the World Cup semifinal.
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One of the major successes of the tournament so far has been the refereeing, because I can't recall many people talking about it. There have been very few bad incidents, hardly any citing offenses and (Watson's) looking forward to tomorrow's game and so are we.